The Benefits of Management and Organisation: A Case Study in Young Language Learners’ Classrooms

Abstract

This study focuses on primary language education within a Greek region: specifically, on the positive effects of classroom management and organisation on a student-centred approach of teaching. In the case of the Greek education system, language teachers are encouraged to adopt student-centred approaches in their classroom but have not received any guidance on how to do so. Language educators are reluctant to abandon their teacher-centred ways, because they have not been trained to apply classroom management and organisation techniques that could support a student-centred environment.

Keywords

• Classroom management and organisation
• Young learners
• Student-centred approaches
• Classroom environment
• Classroom layouts
• Action research